Crime & Safety

Disheveled Man, Slick Thief?

A good deed by a woman dining at Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant did not go unpunished after she bent down to help a man whose change had fallen.

Being a Good Samaritan last Sunday at Chipotle Mexican Grill apparently cost one woman her iPhone.

Here's how Darien police describe the incident at the restaurant, located at 71 Post Rd.:

At about 6:40 p.m., a black man, disheveled in appearance, about 5 feet, 7 inches in height and weighing about 200 pounds, dropped some change on the floor next to the victim's table.

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The woman bent down to help the man retrieve his coins. He immediately left the restaurant.

Then she noticed that her iPhone was no longer on the table, where she'd put it.

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